Family law / Robert E. Oliphant, Professor of Law Emeritus, Mitchell Hamline School of Law; Nancy Ver Steegh, Professor of Law, Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

Includes index.

A history of marriage and divorce -- Marriage contracts--requirements and restrictions -- Annulment of marriage -- Who may divorce? : restrictions and requirements -- Child custody and parenting plans -- Modifying child custody -- Interstate custody struggles : the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act and the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act--history, restrictions, and requirements -- Parenting time and visitation -- Establishing child support -- Child support modification and enforcement -- Establishing alimony -- Modification of alimony -- Dividing the marital estate upon divorce -- Premarital (antenuptial or prenuptial) -- Cohabitation -- Determining parentage -- Adoption -- Assisted reproduction--history, restrictions, and requirements -- Domestic violence -- Neglect, dependency, child abuse, and termination of parental rights -- Abortion -- Mediation, collaborative law, parenting coordination, and arbitration -- Professional responsibility -- Jurisdiction.